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Spend your days caring for rescued vervet monkeys at a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa's bushveld. Help with feeding, enclosure upkeep, enrichment activities, and monitoring troop behavior as orphaned and injured monkeys are rehabilitated for release. You'll work alongside experienced primate caregivers, learn about vervet social structures, and contribute hands-on to a rescue mission that's given hundreds of monkeys a second chance at life.
30 hours of help per week
Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.
Amount: ZAR$ 6100 Per week
Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers and Donation to project
Description: 60% goes towards looking after the animals, 40% goes towards food and accommodation for volunteers
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Intermediate English
Between 18 and 80 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Travel insurance
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Volunteers stay on-site at the sanctuary for a set period (often 2 weeks minimum, up to several months) and work alongside staff caring for rescued and orphaned vervet monkeys. Daily tasks usually include preparing and distributing food, cleaning enclosures, building and refreshing enrichment items, and observing troop behaviour to support rehabilitation and eventual release back into the wild. Volunteers are trained on-site — no prior experience with primates is required — and accommodation and meals are typically included as part of the program fee, which supports the sanctuary's operations. The focus throughout is on minimising human interaction with the monkeys where possible, since the goal is to keep them wild and releasable rather than habituated to people.
